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Greece's newly-elected conservative government won a confidence vote late last Monday on its economic policy, which includes tax cuts and measures to speed up investments, news wires reported. The vote was held after a three-day presentation of the government’s goals. All 158 lawmakers of the ruling party approved the policy.

Member States gave on Monday final approval for copyright reforms ensuring artists and news publishers get their due in the internet era. But the proposed reforms have triggered Europe-wide protests over internet freedom. At the vote 19 Member States voted in favour of the reform, with six against and three abstentions.

The 13 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), participating in a ministerial meeting held in Ottawa on 24 and 25 October - including the EU represented by Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström - unequivocally reiterated their commitment to safeguarding the rules-based multilateral system and supported proposals made by the EU in its WTO reform concept paper published on 18 September 2018.

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